English to Creole vocab known Flashcards
(349 cards)
1
Q
To be = Se
A
1- used to identify that 2 nouns are equalsLi se yon dokte.
2
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To be = Se
A
2-used at beginning of general statements
3
Q
To be = Ye
A
Used at end of questions
4
Q
To be negative = Se te
A
3-use at beginning of negative statements about the past
5
Q
(In) time
A
(A) tan / (a) le
6
Q
?a bit much
A
twòp
7
Q
a lot of/ much/ many
A
anpil
8
Q
after
A
apre
9
Q
age
A
laj
10
Q
agree
A
dakò
11
Q
airport
A
aewopò
12
Q
all/every
A
tout
13
Q
Almost
A
Preske
14
Q
alone
A
pou kont + subject
15
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Always
A
Toujou
16
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And
A
E/ak
17
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And yourself?
A
E ou menm?
18
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Angry
A
Fache
19
Q
Any
A
Okenn
20
Q
arrive
A
Rive
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Q
ask
A
Mande
22
Q
Baby
A
bebe
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Back up!
A
Fe bak!
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Q
ball
A
boul
25
bathroom
twalèt
26
Beans
Pwa
27
Beautiful
Bel
28
Because
Paske
29
Bed
Kabann
30
before
anvan
31
begin
Komanse
32
belly
vant
33
bible
bib
34
big
gwo
35
Book
liv
36
born
Fet
37
Box
Bwat
38
boy
ti gason
39
boyfriend
menaj
40
bread
pen
41
breast
tete
42
brother
fre
43
build
Bati
44
but
men
45
buy
Achte
46
Bye. See you later!
Babay. N'a we!
47
call
Rele
48
can (be able to)
kapab, ka
49
candy
sirèt
50
Car/vehicle
Machin
51
care for/ to mind
Okipe
52
carry/ to bring/ to wear
Pote
53
Chair
chèz
54
child (age)
timoun
55
Church
Legliz
56
Class
klas
57
Clean (n)
Pwòp
58
Clean (v)
netwaye
59
close
fèmen
60
close/ to turn off/ closed
Femen
61
Coffee
Kafe
62
Cold
Fret
63
come
Vini
64
compose/ to enter (# or info)
Konpoze
65
Computer
Konpite
66
Continuous, ongoing action
ap(99% contracted w/ pronouns)
67
Could
Ta ka
68
count
konte
69
count/ to control
Kontwole
70
Country
Peyi
71
crazy
fou (You drive me crazy!
72
crush/ crushed
Kraze
73
cry
kriye
74
dance
danse
75
daughter
fi
76
Day
Jou
77
dead
mouri
78
decide
Deside
79
delicious
gou
80
die
Mouri
81
Difficult
difisil
82
Do you have...?
Eske ou gen...?
83
do/ to make
fe
84
Doctor
Dokte
85
Don't forget!
Pa bliye, non!
86
Door
Pot
87
Drink (v)
bwè
88
During
Pandan
89
earthquake
tranbleman de te
90
Easy
Fasil
91
eat/ food
manje
92
Electricity
Kouran
93
Enough
Ase
94
Every
Chak
95
Excuse me, we're in a hurry
Eskize, nou prese. (Eskize, mwen prese.)
96
family
fanmi
97
far
lwen
98
father
papa
99
feel (emotion)
Santi m'
100
fight
Goumen
101
finish/finished/done
Fini
102
Flashlight
Flach
103
follow
swiv
104
For/in order to
Pou
105
forget
bliye
106
Fòs
strength
107
Four
Kat
108
friend
zanmi
109
funny
komik
110
Future negative tense
pa + pral = pap(before verb)
111
Future tense
pral - or- val(before verb)
112
get up
leve
113
Gimme...
Ban m'
114
girl
tifi
115
girlfriend
menaj
116
give
bay, (ban, ba)
117
go
ale
118
God
Bondye/ dye
119
God bless you
Bondye beni ou/nou
120
good
bon
121
Good Better Best
BonPi bonPi bon pase tout (more good than all)
122
Good stuff!
Bon bagay!
123
Grapefruit
Chadèk
124
Guy
Neg
125
Haiti
Ayiti
126
happy, pleased
kontan
127
have/there is/there are
genyen, gen
128
he/she/it
li
129
Head
Tet
130
Help me, please!
Ede mwen, souple!
131
Here
Isit la
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hope
espwa
133
hospital
lopital
134
Hot
Cho
135
How are you?
Kijan ou ye?
136
How do you say?
Kijan yo di--?
137
How much?/ how many?
Konbyen
138
How?
Kijan?/ kouman?
139
hurt
Fe mal
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husband
mari
141
I don't believe so
Mwen pa kwe sa
142
I don't know
Mwen pa konnen
143
I'm hungry
Mwen grangou
144
I'm looking for...
M'ap chache... (N'ap chache)
145
I'm sorry
Mwen regret sa
146
I'm thirsty
Mwen swaf
147
I'm well, thanks
Mwen byen, mesi
148
I/me
mwen
149
If
Si
150
Important
Enpotan
151
In front of
Devan
152
in/through/to/at/into
nan
153
injure
Blese
154
Inside
Andann
155
Intersection
Karfou
156
Is for
Pou
157
It doesn't matter
Sa pa fe anyen
158
It's delicious!
Li gou!
159
It's necessary
Fok
160
joy
jwa
161
juice
ji (orange juice
162
Just
Fek
163
Kafe
Coffee
164
?kid
pitit; timoun
165
kill
Touye
166
kitchen
kwizin
167
know
Konnen
168
knowledge
konesans
169
La (also) an, nan, a
theUsed after the noun
170
Large
gran
171
Last
Denye
172
learn
Aprann
173
left (direction)
goch
174
Less
Mwens (w noun or verb)Mwen. (w adjective)
175
Less than
Mwens ke
176
let go/ to abandon
Lage
177
like/to love
renmen
178
listen
koute
179
listen/ to hear
Tande
180
Little
Piti/ ti
181
living room
salon
182
look (at) / to watch
Gade
183
look for
Chache
184
man
nomn
185
man
mesye; gason; nèg (nèg is creole for negro which means black man. It's a non vulgar term. Haitians use it often.)
186
marriage
maryaj
187
meeting
reyinyon
188
milk
lèt
189
Money
Kob
190
More
Plis (w noun or verb(Pi. (W adjective)
191
More than
Plis pase
192
Morning
Maten
193
mother
manman
194
mouth
bouch
195
music
mizik
196
must
fòk; dwe
197
Must/to owe
Dwe
198
My friends
Zanmi mwen yoZanmi m' yo
199
My name is...
Mwen rele...
200
Near
Pre
201
need
bezwen
202
Negative continuous, ongoing action
pa + ap = pap
203
Never/ ever
Janm
204
Night
Nwit
205
no
non
206
Noon
Midi
207
not /don't /(negative)
pa
208
Not yet
poko (which is a contraction for Pa ankò)
209
not/don't
pa
210
Nothing
anyen
211
Now
Kounye a
212
Often
Souvon
213
Oil
Lwil
214
On
Sou
215
On the floor/ground
atè a
216
On the ground
A te a
217
Only
Selman
218
open/ open
Ouvri
219
Or
Ou/oubyen
220
Other
Lot
221
Outside/ out
Deyo
222
Paper
Papye
223
Past negative tense
pa + te = pat (before verb)
224
Past tense
te (before verb)
225
pay
Peye
226
person
moun
227
Phone card
Kat telefon
228
Photograph (noun)
Foto
229
plan
Planifye
230
Please
Tanpri
231
Please speak slowly
Tanpri pale dousman
232
put
Mete
233
Quick/ quickly
Vit
234
read
Li
235
Ready
Pare
236
Red
Wouj
237
remember
Sonje
238
repair
Repare
239
Repeat, please
Repete, souple
240
Rice
Diri
241
Right
Dwat
242
road
wout
243
sad
tris
244
say/to tell
Di
245
school
lekol
246
see
We
247
share
Pataje
248
Shoe
soulye
249
Shop (n)
magazen
250
Should
ta dwe
251
show
Montre
252
shy
timid
253
Sick
Malad
254
Since
Depi
255
Sing
Chante
256
sister
se
257
sit
chita
258
Sleep
dòmi
259
Slowly, please
Dousman, souple
260
Slowly/gently
Dousman
261
smoke (v)
fimen
262
Some
Kek
263
Sometimes
Defwa
264
son
gason
265
Soon
Tale
266
speak
Pale
267
spell (v)
eple
268
stomach
vant
269
stop/ to reside
Rete
270
Store (noun)
Magazen
271
stove
recho/fou
272
straight
dwat
273
Straight ahead
Tou dwat
274
Surprised
Sezi
275
take
Pran
276
talk/speak
Pale
277
tea
te
278
Tent
Tant
279
Thank you
Mesi
280
the house
kay la
281
the key
kle a
282
the medicine
medikaman an
283
the thing
bagay la
284
There
La
285
there is/there are
genyen, gen
286
There's a little problem
Gen yon ti pwoblem
287
There's a lot...
Gen anpil...
288
they
yo
289
they/them
yo mem
290
think
Panse
291
Thirsty
swaf
292
three
twa
293
Tire (noun)
Kawoutchou
294
Today
Jodi a
295
Tomorrow
Demen
296
Too (too much)
Twop (w noun or verb)Two (w adjective)
297
Too (also)
Tou
298
Too many/too much
Twop
299
travel (n)
vwayaj
300
tree
pye bwa
301
Trouble
pwoblèm
302
Truck
Pikop
303
TRUE
vre
304
turn
Vire
305
twice
de fwa
306
two
de
307
Under
Anba
308
understand
Konprann
309
urine
pipi
310
use
Itilize
311
Very
Tre
312
wait for
tann
313
Wait for me!
Tann mwen
314
walk/ to work (as in function)
Mache
315
want
vle
316
Water
Dlo
317
We want to speak Creole
Nou vle pale Kreyol
318
we/you (pural) us, our
nou
319
wedding
maryaj
320
Week
semèn
321
weep
kriye
322
Well
Byen
323
What do you need?
Ki sa ou bezwen?
324
What does that mean?
Ki sa sa vle di?
325
What is that called?
Kijan sa rele?
326
What?
kisa
327
What?/ what...
Ki sa?/ sa...
328
What's your name?
Kijan ou rele?
329
when
le
330
When?/ when
Ki le?/ le
331
where
kote...
332
Where are you?
Ki kote ou ye?
333
Where do you live?
Ki kote ou rete?
334
Where?/ where
Ki kote?/ kote
335
Who?/ who
Ki moun?/ ki
336
Why?
pouki sa
337
wife
madanm
338
with
avek
339
Woman
Fanm
340
wood
bwa
341
word
mo; pawòl
342
work/ work (noun)
travay
343
Would
ta
344
write
Ekri
345
Yesterday
Ye
346
Yo
the (plural)Used after the nound
347
Yon
a, an;used before the noun
348
you
ou
349
You're welcome
Pa dekwa
